Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
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The burden of the wilderness of the sea. `Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land.
2 A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, `Elam; besiege, Madai; all the sighing of it have I made to cease.
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A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I can't hear; I am dismayed so that I can't see.
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Therefore filled have been my loins [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.
4 My heart flutters, horror has frightened me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
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Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
5 They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, you princes, anoint the shield.
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Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,
6 For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees:
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For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'
7 and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with much heed.
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And he hath seen a chariot -- a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass, the rider of a camel, And he hath given attention -- He hath increased attention!
8 He cried as a lion: Lord, I stand continually on the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
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And he crieth -- a lion, `On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.
9 and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Bavel; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
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And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.' And he answereth and saith: `Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.
10 You my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Yisra'el, have I declared to you.
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O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!'
11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Se`ir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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The burden of Dumah. Unto me is [one] calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
12 The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
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The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
13 The burden on `Arav. In the forest in `Arav shall you lodge, you caravans of Dedanim.
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The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.
14 To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
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To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
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For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
16 For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
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For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.
17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, has spoken it.
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And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'
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